211 Quotes by Michael Douglas

In the movie 'Wall Street' I play Gordon Gekko, a greedy corporate executive who cheated to profit while innocent investors lost their savings. The movie was fiction, but the problem is real.

When you've accomplished a certain amount in your career, you're not so focused on your ambitions.

I met Michael Milken for the first time with Oliver Stone at the Drexel Burnham offices in Los Angeles.

Kids know. They know everything. I would err on the side of pretty much sharing everything.

I'm an optimistic guy.

Actors, I have to say, most of the time, they elevate things; they don't screw things up most of the time.

Learning patience was not an easy lesson.

If your work isn't exciting, doesn't stir the emotions, where's the challenge? Where's the progress if you always play it safe?

There is something about seeing rhinos and lions running free that excites you. It's not that you feel afraid; it's more like you're liberated by seeing them.